Yay!...Boo!

Here are a few things I can say "Yay!" about, and a "Boo!" or two.

Yay...my new planner arrived today. Hopefully this will help me stay organized since I can't remember things from one minute to the next due to pregnancy brain.

Yay...I get my hair cut on Friday. I've been growing it out about 2 years now and have only had it trimmed every few months or so, but I guess I've been really hard on it lately because it's split end city over here. I also want to get some of this miracle moroccan oil when I go.

Yay...I get to have a girls night out with my college roomie on Friday. Dinner and a concert (that I won free tickets for last week!).

Yay...I got to hear that sweet little thump thump of ButterBean's (yeah, I'm switching from BeanBean) heart today.

And two Boos:

Boo...I got my first 17p shot today and my leg is uber sore. Only 19 more shots to go!

Boo...I have to go get a cavity filled tomorrow, and I'm pretty sure I lost a filling in another tooth. Oh, and I have a wisdom tooth that needs to be pulled. This should be so much fun!

At least my Yays! outnumber my Boos! and that's something to be thankful for.

Looking Up

It just melts my heart to see the way she looks up to her big brother.

I love the way he is so gentle and loving (even if he aggravates the mess out of her other times).

I love how she is so fiercely independent, yet still looks up to her big brother.

Seeing them together makes my heart swell and I look forward to adding another stair step to our family.

15 weeks

Here we are at 15 weeks...it seems weird that I'm "only" 15 weeks, but I guess that's natural when you find out at only 3 weeks along. I have an appointment this week and I will start my 17p shots so hopefully this little butter bean will make it to 37+ weeks!

The Belly:

Hi Point: Feeling more and more flutters. I started feeling them at 13 weeks, but they were very sporadic and light. Now I feel them almost daily.

Lo Point: The heat. It takes my breath away. Bless anyone who is 9 months pregnant in the summer!

Siblings: Colson has been particularly touchy this week, giving the baby lots of hugs.

Cravings: Butterfinger candybars, mom's macaroni salad, and still craving watermelon.

Lbs: +8 One strange thing that happened was when I went to the doctor a week ago for an upper respiratory infection, I had lost 2.5 lbs from my weight 2 weeks earlier. They assured me this was normal, but I never lost even a tenth of a pound with either of my other two pregnancies. I guess it's from running around after them all day!

Looking Forward To: My doctor's visit this week, and then my ultrasound visit at 18 weeks!

The Nail Files...Little Mermaid

Today I'm linking up with The Nail Files, hosted by Fabulous But Evil! This is my first time, so excuse me if they look amatuer (no cool ombre nails here yet!)

Without further adieu...

Base coat: Sinful Colors Rise and Shine, Glitter topper: Sinful Colors Frenzy, and Topcoat: Gelous Advanced Nail Gel Coat

I love that they look bright and beachy...mermaid nails if you will!

Summer List Action and Our 4th of July

We've ticked a few more things off our summer list, including Family Movie Night, make a "rainbow" cake, and play with sparklers.

We had Family Movie Night on Monday and it was a great excuse for some extra snuggle time with both of my babes (even if the movie wasn't that great). We were looking through the instant movies and I spied All Dogs Go To Heaven, but no one else was convinced. The kids chose Kipper: Pools, Parks, and Picnics so we hit play and snacked on popcorn, gummies, and raisinets.

 

 Excited to get the movie started!

 Snackin' (You'll notice Lilly-Belle always looks to her big brother...so sweet!)

We celebrated Independence Day by taking the kids swimming, relaxing at home, and then having my Mama over for dinner. We made our rainbow cake for dessert, but used only red, white and blue for the 4th. Colson and Lilly-Belle loved helping mix the colors and it turned out very pretty and yummy!

Before bed we had a little fireworks fun and checked off "play with sparklers".

It was a very Happy 4th of July!

Blog Star...Getting to Know Southern Belle Mama

Today I'm linking up with Mrs. Monologues "Blog Star" get-to-know-you post.

This is me, Misty, aka Southern Belle Mama.

You can click here for my standard "About Me" page, but for Blog Star purposes, here are the stats!

I'm a Carolina Girl...North Carolina.

I married my high school sweetheart, The Redhead. We've been married 8 years, together almost 15 years, and come August that will be 1/2 of my life. (You do the math.)

I went to Appalachian State University so I'm a Boone Goon/Happy Appy. :)

We have two gorgeous children:
Colson-My Monkey

Forgive their fake smiles

Lilly-Belle-The Bug

...and one little Bean-Bean on the way!

I have been a teacher for 7 years. I've taught 3rd, 1st, and now I teach Title I Reading to 4th graders.

There are many things I love and these are just a few:
sweet tea
Louis Vuitton
pound cake (my Mamaw's recipe)
southern fiction
aprons
champagne
hydrangeas
babies (I'd hope since I'm on No.3)

the moon...especially a full moon
dreams

I've included lots of linkys so click away. Now you know a little about me and I can't wait to meet some of you!

Week by week

Here are a few baby belly shots of our little Bean Bean!